Converting crt to PEM
Took two steps:
openssl x509 -in input.crt -out input.der -outform DER
openssl x509 -in input.der -inform DER -out output.pem -outform PEM
Using Nvidia propriety driver version 9755 allows using AIGLX instead of the slower and deprecated GLX interface. AIGLX nowadays is part of Xorg 7.1 and above. You can find a guide in OpenSuse Wiki which will describe the required actions. I have attached here my own xorg.conf file which allows Dual-head setup with 2 LCD…
A friend of mine made a grieve mistake – partition a disk containing Linux LVM directly on it, without any partition table. Oops. When dealing with multi-Tera sized disks, one gets to encounter limitations not known on smaller scales – the 2TB limitation. Normal partition table can contain only around 2TB mapping, meaning that to…
A disclaimer: I use OEL for server-use when I can. A long support window, an enterprise environment, and yes, a very low rate of changes within the life cycle of the operating system makes it a very good candidate to hold services I do not want to fuss around, correcting configuration files on update or…
ISPs which enforce QoS limitations suddenly, without alerting the customer, are abusing their force. QoS limitation is not a bad thing, from the ISP’s point of view, but changing the customer deal without notifying him seems to me to be unfair. This is a recipe for a QoS workaround. Ingredients: One fast Internet connection which…
After upgrading my laptop to 2.6.15.1 kernel, hibernation worked flawlessly. Running my previous version of kernel – 2.6.14.2, I have had some hibernation instabilities. I’ve had some memory corruptions here and there, which would have required I reboot the machine. So far, and it’s been a while, I’m glad to say I had no reason…
Ali5451, with module (Alsa) snd_ali5451 works fine for a long while now. However, I’ve discovered just a short while ago that it will not recored / use for SkyPE sound sourced from the microphone. I have tried various settings with alsamixer but was unable to record sound yet. I can hear the noises made well…